MOTM

With all due respect, IE and Outlook have all of these protection 
features and more.  There is no need to switch, just learn how to use 
your software!  90% of folks getting viruses and the like on MS 
products is because 90% of the folks are using MS products.

The Mozilla products are good, too.  Don't get me wrong, use what you 
like.  I wonder what Spybot and AdAware would report on machines 
using other than MS products, though...

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Les Mizzell <lesmizz@b...> wrote:
> > "system.exe".  The file was dated 4/1/04 (April fools day).  Here 
is some
> > info on this nasty piece of spyware that was copying files from 
my machine.
> > 
> > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojtofgerb.html
> 
> What email client are you using? If Outlook or Outlook Express - 
dump 
> them immediately. There's so many holes in them both that it's not 
even 
> funny. You'll find that almost 90% of the folks getting viri, 
trojans 
> and the like are using Microsoft ...
> 
> I have been using Mozilla Thunderbird for some time now. It's very 
nice 
> and there's a number of security features built in - you can stop 
remote 
> graphics from loading - JavaScripts will *not* run unless you tell 
them 
> to - executables are prohibited from doing so - there's built-in 
> configurable "spam" filters as well. You won't be disappointed.
> 
> Additionally, if you're using Internet Explorer - it makes it 
really 
> easy for some sites to install "spy ware" when you visit their 
sites 
> without you hardly even knowing. There's no pop-up protection 
unless you 
> install a third party product...  If you're using I.E., switch to 
> Mozilla Firefox instead. It'll block unwanted pop-ups for you and 
keep 
> things from getting installed in the background. In addition, it's 
a 
> nice standards-complaint browser.
> 
> Keep your virus protection updated, and use something that scans 
all 
> incoming emails and scans content from websites as you browse as 
well. I 
> use the Kaspersky products myself and have been very happy: 
> http://www.kaspersky.com/
> 
> For those of you on high-speed connections - install personal 
firewall 
> software that monitors incoming connections for you and will ask 
you if 
> a connection is to be allowed or denied.
> 
> Keeping your computer "disease free" is sorta like making sure you 
> always practice "safe sex".  It's not impossible to do with a 
little 
> effort....
> 
> -- 
> Les Mizzell
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